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LET'S READ! 📖
Direction: Read the short paragraph then answer the questions being asked.
I hadn't seen Jason for six weeks. He ran away after the fight with his brother. I got a postcard from New York and that was all I knew. Where was he? Was he OK? I had to find out. On the last night of November, I got back late. I lay down on the sofa and fell asleep right there. When I finally woke up, it was 10 o'clock in the morning. For a moment, I couldn't think what day it was. And then I remembered - it was Sunday and today I was going to find Jason. "Hurry up, Jack", I said to myself. "The plane mustn't take off without you". It was icy cold outside. I threw my bags in the car and started the engine. The car jumped forward and stopped. I couldn't believe it. This was not a good time for the car to break down.
QUESTIONS
1. What did Jason do after the fight with his brother?
2. What did the speaker think when he got a postcard from New York?
LET'S UNDERSTAND! 📚
Prepositional Verbs
1. Prepositional verbs have two words. The two words are: verb + preposition.
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Think about it!
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Don't ask for French fries.
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I'm listening to some music.
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Other verbs include:
| (dis)agree with | depend on | learn about | suffer from |
| believe in | get off | look after | talk about |
| belong to | get on | look at | wait for |
| come across | go with | look for | worry about |
| consist of | laugh at | pay for |
2. Sometimes the meaning of the verb + preposition is very different from the meaning of the verb on its own. Some verbs can be followed by a different preposition to give a different meaning.
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I didn't get many birthday presents. ( = to receive)
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Get off the bus at the next stop. ( = to leave the bus)
Example:
3. Questions which begin with a Wh-word and use prepositional verbs often finish with the preposition.
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What are you looking for?
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Where are you getting off?
Example:
Phrasal Verbs
1. Phrasal verbs have two words. The two words are: verb + adverb particle. Some phrasal verbs have an object and some don't.
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He ran away after the fight with his brother.
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I lay down on the sofa and fell asleep right there
Example:
2. Some phrasal verbs which we often use without an object are:
| break down | get up | run away | wake up |
| find out | hurry up | sit down | wash up |
| get back | lie down | stand up |
3. Some phrasal verbs which we commonly use with an object are:
| charge up | put on | throw away | turn off / on |
| look up | take back | tidy up | |
| pick up | tell off | turn down |
4. There are some verbs we can use in both ways, e.g. give up, take off, turn up.
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He's given up smoking.
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Never give up!
Example:
🔺 Sometimes the verb has a different meaning in each case.
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The plane mustn't take off without you. (no object = leave the airport)
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Take off your shoes, please. (with object = remove)
Example:
5. If the phrasal verb takes an object, it can usually go before or after the adverb particle.
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Asimo can turn the lights on.
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Asimo can turn on the lights.
Example:
🔺 But the object always comes before the adverb particle if it is a personal pronoun.
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Asimo can turn them on. NOT
Asimo can turn on them.
Example:
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Many words can be used as both adverb particles and prepositions. There is some difference between an adverb particle and a preposition. While the particle is closely tied to its verb to form idiomatic expressions, the preposition is closely tied to the noun or pronoun it modifies.
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Prepositional and phrasal verbs are often used in informal speech and writing. One-word verbs are more common in formal contexts.
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We returned in the evening. (formal)
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We got back in the evening. (informal)
Adverb Particle vs. Preposition
Formal vs. Informal
Examples:
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LET'S PRACTICE! 📝
Direction: Share your thoughts about the proverb below. Make sure to use at least five of the prepositional verbs or phrasal verbs on the boxes below.
"Success comes to those who are too busy looking for it"
- Henry David Thoreau
Prepositional verbs:
| (dis)agree with | depend on | learn about | suffer from |
| believe in | get off | look after | talk about |
| belong to | get on | look at | wait for |
| come across | go with | look for | worry about |
| consist of | laugh at | pay for |
Phrasal verbs:
| break down | get up | run away | wake up |
| find out | hurry up | sit down | wash up |
| get back | lie down | stand up |
| charge up | put on | throw away | turn off / on |
| look up | take back | tidy up | |
| pick up | tell off | turn down |